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...trademark Lincoln Town Car, its “1636” vanity license plates evoking the founding of Harvard College. Their driver, after parking, also attended the reception. Several people who were inside said the affair was elegant but understated—“a classier-than-usual dinner party,” said one attendee, who asked not to be named. The reception was closed to the media. Massachusetts Hall, home to the president’s office and the central administration, turned out in droves for the event. Nearly all of Summers’ right-hand...
...titular track, “Lost and Found,” begins with the tuning of a violin concerto. Clearly he is far classier than the average rapper. His chorus continues the attempt to distinguish himself as uniquely mature; he wonders “Why should I try to sound like y’all sound? / That’s what’s wrong with the rap game right now.” And he’s right. The sounds of Shady/Aftermath dominate pop radio; Smith’s rhymes on “Here He Comes?...
...classier establishments on this list, The Kells was recently redone with mahogany paneling and modern-looking circular tables. But with dollar drafts on Wednesdays and a huge dance floor with great tunes, no one’s expecting you to keep your dignity. Right down the street, Great Scott’s used to be another Wednesday night hot spot, but after being shut down multiple times in the past year for its tendency to let in underagers, the Kells is probably a better...
...edition suffered from a junky interior; the new version feels classier, with such options as an aluminum-ribbed dashboard, chrome-ringed air vents and red-and-charcoal leather seats. One funky touch: you can backlight the instrument cluster in one of more than 125 colors...
...lightly with the Harbin mattress," warned travel writer Putnam Weale after a trip to China's frozen, northern metropolis. "It is capable not only of assuming a defensive attitude, but one of absolute offense." A century after Weale's Harbin sojourn, accommodations there are more, well, accommodating. Among the classier places to stay is the Lungmen Hotel, tel: (86-451) 8679 1888. Once a station hotel along the Trans-Siberian railroad, the Lungmen is a portal to Harbin's colonial past, when the city was ruled by Russians and vied with Shanghai for the sobriquet "Paris of the East...